546 Announcements Monday - Our retreat, Board Meeting, ZOOM videos, The Synod and more!
Day 546 Monday, September 13th, 2021
Announcements Monday - Our retreat, Board Meeting, ZOOM videos, The Synod and more!
Announcement #1:
Step By Step: Accompanying Each Other Home
A Half Day retreat with Diarmuid O'Murchu
When: Saturday September 18th, 2021
Time: 9:00AM - 1:00PM
We invite you to join ZOOM with this link and passcode:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5193158573
Passcode: 1234
Meeting ID: 519 315 8573
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Timetable for Sept.18, 2021
09.00 – 0915: Welcome and Introduction (Emmaus Team)
9:15 - 10:00: Diarmuid: First Input
10:00 - 10:20 Breakout Groups
10:20 - 10:45: Open Forum
10:45 - 11:00: BREAK
11:00 - 11:30: Diarmuid: Second Input
11:30 - 11:55: Open Forum
FIVE Minute Stretch Break 12.00- 12:30 Diarmuid: Third Input
12:30 – 12.45: Open Forum 12.45 – l3:00: Closing Remarks and Closing Blessing (Diarmuid and Victoria)
Full Descriptions of the retreat are included here in WORD and PDF formats so you can download them.
Emmaus Community Retreat Outline from Diarmuid_V3
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Emmaus Community Retreat Outline from Diarmuid_V3
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Announcement #2:
Board Meeting September 21st, 2021: 3 - 5pm
The Emmaus board invites our Emmaus Community to a board meeting via Zoom.
All are welcome.
Join Zoom Meeting at 3:00pm on Tuesday afternoon, 9/21/2021
Please use this link to join:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5193158573
Passcode: 1234
Meeting ID: 519 315 8573
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+16699006833,,5193158573# US (San Jose)
+13462487799,,5193158573# US (Houston)
Notes for the board meeting in WORD and PDF formats are attached. Please download at your convenience
Board Meeting for September 21st_v2
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Board Meeting for September 21st_v2
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Announcement #3:
Revisit yesterday's Celebration by Patti England and Jacqueline Hayes:
If you'd like to watch our ZOOM celebration and share it with others please do so. Here's the link to the 2 videos 1. The Announcements and 2. The Celebration
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1L1EOdYnT7SLMajguJpQhZGhcnh5VeJvW?usp=sharing
Here are the text files from the celebration in WORD and PDF formats
Emmaus Sept 12, 2021_v2
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Emmaus Sept 12, 2021_v2
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Announcement #4
Let our Voices be Heard!
At yesterday's Celebration, Jacqueline brought up the need to get involved in the synod process. Next month, each diocese will receive a questionnaire from the Office of the Synod of Bishops inviting the people to voice their opinions and concerns about the future of the institutional Church. From October 2021 through April 2022,
Pope Francis has called upon every diocese throughout the world for bishops and the people to engage in dialogue. The pope wants to hear from all the people - not only those who are engaged in regular Mass attendance but even those who've walked away from the institutional Church valuing their personal faith over so-called "Church laws" and prescripts.
We have a rare opportunity to let our voices be heard through a petition and also by mailing a letter to our local priests and bishops. We need a synod to express our thoughts and feelings about our Church.
Here's a Blog about the synod with comments and sample letters to help us let our voices be heard.
https://www.emmausnorcal.org/post/532-why-we-need-to-insist-that-our-voices-be-heard-at-a-synod
Perhaps we can get together on ZOOM and share our letters - once we begin writing.
This week we hope to publish the video Jacqueline spoke about -- Watch this space...
Announcement #5
Father Mychal's Judge's Blessing:
Remembering the September 11th Victim Who Died Praying for Others
This is a lovely remembrance of Franciscan Mychal Judge who died in service to his beloved firefighters on September 11th. Take a few moments to watch the video of this friar who loved life and was so joyful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgyK-clXOFc&t=20s
In this video, Father Michael Duffy recalls delivering the sermon for his close friend, Father Mychal Judge, who was the first certified fatality of the September 11th attacks. Father Michael remembers Father Mychal’s endearing mannerisms, his constant positivity, and, above all, his profound impact on everyone he knew.
“We come to bury his heart, but not his love. Never his love.”